Oral histories and TV

Tuesday, Jan 23, 2001

Oral histories are predominantly combative. Norse, Native American, and most other cultures with oral as opposted to written histories tend to fill those histories with violence.

Graphic depictions of wars, personal battles, and fights for power within the group make up the meat of these histories which gave members of these cultures their identity.

And they say there's too much violence on TV as if that's something new...

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